Critical
Testing
Never ignore failing tests
Official
Rule Description
If you encounter a test failure, do not ignore it or mark it as skipped.
- Investigate the root cause immediately
- If it's a real bug, fix it before proceeding
- If it's a flaky test, fix the flakiness
- Never wave off failures as "pre-existing" - own the codebase state
A test suite with skipped or ignored tests is a test suite you can't trust.
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- Severity
- Critical
- Category
- Testing
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